Washington Mutual Mortgage-Backed Securities Class Action

As liaison counsel in In re Washington Mutual Mortgage-Backed Securities Litigation, U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington, we represented a class of purchasers of mortgage-backed certificates issued and underwritten by Washington Mutual and related entities. The named Plaintiffs alleged that the defendants violated federal securities laws by misrepresenting the underwriting procedures used to originate the mortgage loan collateral.  The case settled for $26 million.